Standby: Something US Air Actually Does Right
If you are use to watching VH1 reality marathons on JetBlue, or CNN election results on Virgin America, boarding a US Airways flight is a big-time let down. The planes look like they just got out of Dr. Brown's 1985 DeLorean, and the in-flight entertainment is, um, pretty much flight attendants reading advertisements. (No joke; be sure your iPod is charged and loaded.
But there's one thing that'll help. With oil prices going up by the day, airlines are forced to make their hay elsewhere. On most carriers, that means change fees--once a flat 50 bucks--are now a profit center. Nowadays, you'll pay maybe $100 and the difference in airfare.
When it comes to standby, many airlines will not only make you pay, but they'll keep you in the dark until there is no way for your bags and you to make it to your port of call at the same time.
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by markj
